Vehicle body



F. N. VANIER.

VEHICLE BODY.

' Jan. 9, 1923.

2 SHEETSSHEET l.

FILED OCT. 24,1921.

IN VENTOR, F]?- 7216;:

Fatented Jan 9, i i i Application filed flctolier24,"l92ll u serial ,1T0."5165043;

a re. 7 a i a. foall whom 'tmrty concern/ w Be it known that I; F-n NoIs N. VANIER,

: a; citizen of the; United States; residing at Indianapolis, in the county fof-iMarion; and State of Indiana-, haveinyented. certain )new and useful 'Improvements'in Vehicle Bodies, of wh ch the following is a'spec-ification.

The present v invention ,relates particu- 'larlyto body structures;iforlseltpropelled gli itlmay'be sucoessfully' eni-r:

Vehicles,- thou ployedon Vehicles'of other typesfl. I

Thefob 'ect is to provide astructure i [which a touring florpassenger" car may be I readily converted into atruek orviceyersa, or the touring body may;be,xa1n':eiiect, ex-, I tendedf. to provide auisu'pport for ,luggage,: the seat. arrangement in While maintaining v 'itsnorinalcondition.'

j X The preferred embodiment of the inven -tion is illustrated in the accompanying,-

drawings, wherein a F igure 11s a .vertical longitudinal see itional View ithrough'the rearportion offia yehicle body, showing the rear seat in operatime position 'andthe tail gate infits u right relation, t 1

Figure 2 isa position Where trier, 1

I Figure 3 is a sectionalyiewshowingthej rear seat in an'i'noperative position andthe tail-gate in horizontal position, producing an extended supporting bottom and pro-f v viding'in effect a truck body, I

Figure his a top planyiew of the structure as illustrated in Figure 1, I Figure 5 is a top plan View of the relation of parts as shown in Figure 3,' V

' Figure 6is a detail sectional View through the connection between of the links. I-

- In the embodiment rdisclosed 'the vehicle body is designated generally by the refer once numeral 7, and may be of any desired character, having a front or'drivers seat 8. 'lheplatform or bottom 9 of the body in rear of the seat-8 has hinged "bOjIltS: rear end, as shown atjiO, a tail-gate, l'lfthatis capable of swinging between-an upright position and 'a substantially horizontal. posi-f 'tion, Thelatter,position is determined by suitable supporting chains 12 secured to it,

' a and to the sides'ofthe body.-, This tail-gate may haye a; lOW rail 13,on1ts inner side,-

and said'rail terminates in upstanding por- 'mostvpositioni-i. 6;:1 I 1 is provided) with downsiinilar" View, "illustrating the tail", gate in substantially horizontal it will act as a'luggage fearthe sections of one titiig iiimitate within-theplane ofiitlie a body jwhenthe tailgate is in' its outerw A rear seat',15,

Wardlyextending: brackets '16- ;p'ixiotedber standing back: l8 thatincludes an upper section-.19;, hinged as shown at 120. lihe tween 'tlieir ends,- as shown at-lZ contiguous a to the bottom 9, saldseathaving anjupw bi'acketarins" 16 below the" pivots 175m? e-onnected" thereto ithe front ends 01": links comprising, sections 21 and 22., Thewrearj I ends oflthes'e links. are pivoted, as illustrated at 22}; te -the tailgate above its hingedi COI1- fnection lOwith tlie bottom, 9,'as,' illustrated more particularly; in Figure l. o The front seotionQl ofea ch linkterminatesat its rear against the actionfo'fthe spring.-

tionflshown in Figurefl, with] the rear seat still remaining in operative position. In" case the structure is to be employed as a truck body; it only necessary to swing the seat over to the position shownin Fi ureB, Withjthe link sections locked together,

'85 partsqmay assume three difierent -re-; ila tions, {Vllhen the body is desired simply for passenger purposes the link sections; 21-" and 22 are locked together; the tailgate is raised and the seat automatically assumes theposition shoWniin-Figure 1. If it is desired tlo utilize the tailgate as a luggage carrier orthe like the link sections 25 are released and the taiLgatesWung to the posi-v in hichmlase the tail-gate Will-"automati-- oally swing from'the position shown in Fig ure 2 to that shown n Figure 3. ,A reversal of the movementwill obviously bring the 1 partsbaek to the positions shown-in Figures Fromtheforegoing, it is thought that the constmction operation and many advan tages of the herein described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art, Without-further description, and, it will be understood that arious changes inthe' size,

. ofthe other.

shape, proportion and minor details of constrnotion, may be resorted to Without de parting from the spirit or saerificing any oi the advantages oi" the iIQlVQIItiOIL.

, Ha ing thus fully described my inven- 'tion; What I. claim as new, anddesire to-se "Cure by Letters Patent, is 1 y t l. The'combination with a vehicle body,

of a tail-gate movably mounted thereon, a seatmovably mounted on the body, and rigid means connecting the seat and tailgate foreffeoting their simultaneous ,lnove ments in opposite directions, said jineansl being' operable to release the seat from the tail gate'and permit the movementof one independently of the other.

2. The combination with asvehiele body,

' of a swinging tail gate there on,:-a forwardly.- swinging seat pivoted on thebody; a link connection between the seat and? tail-gate for effecting theirsimultaneous movements,

andrmeans for releasing said link also 'permitting; the movement 3. The combination with a vehiclle body,

of one independently 61a 1 1 r r neaieee of a swingingtail-gate thereon a forwardly swingingv seat pivoted on the body and a link connection between the seat and tailgate, for effecting their siniultaneous inove- I ments' said link connection Comprisin relati-vel-y movable sections and means, for securing the seetions- 'against relative move-r ,mentyt 4. The combination with a vehicle body, of aswinging tail-gate thereon, a forwardly swinging seat pivoted on'f'th'ebo'd-y, and a link connection between'the seat and tailgate for effecting their simultaneous mover inents, saidlink connectloneomprlsing relatively slidable sectionsyand a fastener oarried by one se ctionand"detacha-bly engaging the other to holdthexsections against rela- 

